- morgagnian cyst
- 1. appendix testis. 2. (in the pl.) appendices vesiculosae epoophori.
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morgagnian cyst
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Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… … Medical dictionary
appendage — Any part, subordinate in function or size, attached to a main structure. SEE ALSO: accessory structures, under structure. SYN: appendix (1). [L. appendix] atrial a. SYN: auricles (of atria), under auricle. auricular a. 1. SYN: right auricle. 2. a … Medical dictionary
Appendix testis — A small solid projection of tissue on the outer surface of the testis which is a remnant of the embryologic mullerian duct. * * * [TA] the remnant of part of the mÑŒllerian duct (paramesonephric duct) on the upper end of the testis; called also… … Medical dictionary
Morgagni — Giovanni B., Italian anatomist and pathologist, 1682–1771. See morgagnian cyst, M. appendix, M. cartilage, M. caruncle, M. cataract, M. columns, under column, M. concha, M. crypts, under crypt, M. disease, M. foramen, M. foramen hernia, M. fossa … Medical dictionary
appendices vesiculosae epoophori — [TA] vesicular appendages of epoophoron: small pedunculated structures attached to the uterine tubes near their fimbriated end, being remnants of the mesonephric ducts; called also hydatids of Morgagni, Morgagni appendices, and morgagnian cyst … Medical dictionary
